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abortion:

anti-abortion activism, 38, 68, 69, 101, 108, 109, 139, 151, 208, 247

changing evangelicals’ views on, 68–69, 258

Reagan’s position on, 104

Roe v. Wade, 68, 82, 101, 251

Access Hollywood tape, 2, 264, 265, 268, 275

Acts 29 network, 199–200, 273, 274

adolescence, 74–75, 80, 170–71, 200

Affordable Care Act, 13, 240, 299

Afghanistan, war in, 184, 197, 216

African Americans: white evangelicals’ differences with, 6–7, 301

Ailes, Roger, 147

Alamo, The (film), 54, 57

American Cowboy, 105

Anani, Zacharah, 223, 224, 225

Anderson, Dianna, 303

Anderson, Leith, 226

Ankerberg, John, 222

Antichrist, 138, 258

Antoon, David, 211–12

apocalyptic prophecies, 20, 69, 89

Arafat, Yasser, 223

authority:

biblical, 5, 25, 75, 76, 297–98

chain of command, 76, 77, 116–17, 272

parental, 79–80, 282

patriarchal, 6, 37, 282; see also patriarchy

submission to, 75–76, 80

Bachmann, Michele, 270, 271

Bakker, Jim, 126–28, 135

Bakker, Tammy Faye, 126–27

Baldwin, Charles, 213

Barton, Bruce, The Man Nobody Knows, 20

Bauer, Gary, 134, 146, 206, 238, 252

Bean, Alan, 59, 258

Beck, Glenn, 252

Bessey, Sarah, 9, 303

Bible:

“Biblical hatred,” 202

Book of Revelation, 138, 165

and gender roles, 27, 108

“Genesis spring,” 164–65

inerrant truths of, 28, 49, 62, 83, 84, 108–9, 298

interpretation of, 18, 19, 108, 109, 151, 193, 194

marketing of, 18, 299

and right to bear arms, 97–98

Song of Solomon, 194–95, 280

as ultimate authority, 5, 25, 75, 76, 297–98

and war, see warrior leader

Bly, Robert, 159, 161, 182

Iron John, 164

Bob Jones University, 92, 107, 110

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 243, 262

Boone, Pat, 29, 30, 41, 45, 109

Boone, Wellington, 157

Boykin, William G. (Jerry), 227–30, 239, 241, 247, 252

Braveheart (movie), 174, 183, 195, 196, 211, 217, 270

Bremer, Paul, 231

Bright, Bill, 47, 134, 135, 184, 208

The Coming Revival, 151

Brody, David, 264, 269–71

Brooks, Garth, 124

Broomfield, William, 122

Brown, Helen Gurley, Sex and the Single Girl, 90

Brown v. Board of Education, 37, 39

Bryant, Anita, 63, 74

Buchanan, Pat, 10, 82, 139, 148, 151

Buckley, William F. Jr., 121

Bunker, Archie (fict.), 125–26

Burk, Denny, 201, 260

Bush, George H. W., 137–38, 139, 145

Bush, George W.:

and elections, 208, 228, 230–31, 232, 233

end of presidency, 248

and Iraq war, 184–85, 216, 227, 232

and War on Terror, 219, 227, 231

Bush, Jeb, 254

Bush [W.] administration, 172, 192, 207, 260

California:

cowboy-soldier films from, 31–32, 31, 32, 54–58, 135

evangelical politics in, 39–44

migration to, 28

music in, 28–29

Watts Riots, L.A., 44

Calley, William, 49

Calvin, John, 200

Cambone, Stephen, 228, 231

Cameron, Kirk, 7, 190–91

Campus Crusade for Christ, 29, 47–48, 151

Caner, Ergun and Emir, 220–23

Unveiling Islam, 220–21

Carson, Ben, 252

Carson, D. A., 200

Carter, Jimmy, 100–102, 104, 106, 107, 111, 139, 255, 258

Cash, Johnny, 47

cessationism, 202

Charlton, T. F., 280–81

children:

abuse of, 278, 279–81, 288

day-care centers, 82, 101, 141

gender identity of, 241, 298–99, 300–301

punishment of, 53–54, 77, 78–87, 88, 97, 141, 270, 280, 281, 282, 287

rights of, 141

sexual purity of, 90

Christian Booksellers Association (CBA), 29–30, 63–64, 158–59, 206

Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), 115, 127, 136, 216, 264

Christian Coalition, 138, 140, 143, 144, 149, 151, 152, 156, 207

Christian consumer market, 7–10, 12, 18, 29–30, 48, 69–70, 81, 190–91, 246, 294, 299–300

Christianity Today, 29, 38, 49, 68, 112, 145, 167, 204, 265, 274–75

Christian masculinity, see masculinity; militant masculinity

Christian Men’s Network, 124–25

Christian Military Fellowship, 25

Christian nationalism:

and evangelical identity, 4, 11–12, 51, 96, 104, 117, 234, 244, 301

and gender roles, 27, 51, 70

and Graham, 25, 27, 38

and militarism, 36, 39, 51, 303

and moral exceptionalism, 31

and Trump, 256, 271

and white racial identity, 7, 234, 235, 301

Christian Reconstructionism, 75, 78, 94, 159, 177, 189, 192

Christian Reformed Church, 7–8

Christian Right, see Religious Right

Christians:

born-again, 5, 29, 45

persecution of, 148

sense of embattlement, 93–94, 99–100, 132, 138, 162–63, 238

Civil Rights Act (1964), 38, 43, 44, 106

civil rights movement, 11, 12, 33, 36, 70–71, 98, 107

and Brown, 37, 39

civil disobedience, 38, 99

Civil War, U.S.:

postwar years, 18, 37

as religious war, 75

Cizik, Richard, 148, 219, 226, 236

Clinton, Bill, 107, 139–44, 147, 168, 169, 230, 264

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 139–41, 143, 146, 147, 177

It Takes a Village, 141, 250

presidential campaign of, 3, 250–51, 262, 264, 265, 267

Clinton administration, 146–47, 148

Coats, Dan, 129

Cohen, Michael, 257

Cold War, 31, 35–37, 95, 110–13, 156

and communism, 12, 26, 27, 111, 113

end of, 132, 138, 139

and militarism, 27, 54–55, 97, 111

nuclear threat in, 43, 112–13

post–Cold War era, 142, 148–49, 172, 218, 230

Cole, Edwin Louis, 124–26

Maximized Manhood, 124, 151, 152, 183

Colorado Springs, 205–6, 209, 218

Colson, Charles, 45, 48, 145, 151, 157, 177, 183, 184, 225, 242

Columbus, Christopher, 244

Combs, Roberta, 236

Command, 131

communism:

and civil rights activism, 37

and culture of fear, 11–13, 35, 59, 132, 138, 149, 219

and Falwell, 96–97, 111

and gender roles, 27, 69, 70

and HUAC, 54

as moral crisis, 26, 42, 59, 90, 97, 132

and nuclear threat, 43, 112–13

and Republican politicians, 40, 44, 104, 113

complementarianism, 166–69, 172, 200, 202, 204, 239, 273, 292–93, 302

Comprehensive Child Development Bill (1971), 82

Concerned Women for America (CWA), 93, 109, 141, 151, 257

conservatives:

grassroots forces of, 100–101, 138–39, 255, 263

neoconservatives, 230–31

networks of, 134–35, 147–48, 290–92

Coughlin, Paul, No More Christian Nice Guy, 182, 187

Council for National Policy, 94–95

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), 166–69, 175, 201, 239, 260, 274, 281, 293, 298

Cowboy Church of the Air, The (radio), 28

cowboy conservatism, 43, 110–11

cowboys:

celebrity, 28

and masculinity, 12, 15, 164, 174, 194

media depictions of, 28–29, 31–32, 31, 56, 135

rugged individualism of, 28–29, 43

Criswell, W. A., 37, 107, 108, 257

Crockett, Davy, 54

Cruz, Ted, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 259, 261

Dabney, Robert Lewis, 189–90

Dalbey, Gordon, Healing the Masculine Soul, 159–62, 164, 181–82, 183

Daly, Jim, 224

Daniels, Stormy, 276

Danvers Statement, 167–69

Daschle, Tom, 207

Davis, Kim, 240

Decision, 45, 302

Democratic Party:

Southern Baptists in, 33, 34

white southerners abandoning, 106, 107

DeMoss, Mark, 151, 257

Denhollander, Rachael, 291

Desiring God Conference, 203, 273, 292

Detweiler, Brent, 281, 282

Dever, Mark, 201, 282

DeVos, Richard, 103, 134

Dobson, James, 73, 78–87, 95, 137, 303

and anti-Islam views, 218, 219–20, 226

Bringing Up Boys, 176–77, 179, 182, 183

and culture of fear, 13, 148, 226

Dare to Discipline, 78–82, 85, 122

and Family Research Council, 134, 144, 206

and Focus on the Family, 81, 85–86, 101, 129, 130–31, 134, 151, 160, 176, 206–7

and gender roles, 81, 82, 86, 88, 163, 164, 241

and homeschooling, 188–89

Love Must Be Tough, 144–45

and the military, 129–30

political activism of, 86–87, 93, 134, 143, 197, 206–8, 218, 233, 235–36, 252, 261

and Promise Keepers, 150, 195, 279

and sex scandals, 275, 278, 289

Straight Talk to Men and Their Wives, 83

and strategic networks, 134, 141, 275, 294

Where’s Dad?, 81, 129, 130

Dobson, Ryan, 187–88

Domestic Violence Act, 97, 101

Driscoll, Mark, 240, 275, 302

and culture of fear, 13, 196–97, 225

militant masculinity of, 193–99, 214, 273–74, 287, 294

misogyny of, 193–96, 273, 278–79

and networks, 199, 200, 201, 204, 273, 284

Dru, Joanne, 31

Ducat, Stephen, 144

Duggar family, 19 Kids and Counting, 191, 192, 285–86, 293–94

Dukakis, Michael, 137

Eagle Forum, 93, 109

Eddy, Sherwood, 20

Education Amendment Act (1972), 82

Edwards, Jonathan, 10

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 34–35, 110

Eisenhower administration, 98

Eldredge, John, 217, 294

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul, 7, 173–76, 179, 183, 192, 198

Elliot, Elisabeth, 9, 64–65, 73, 109, 164, 171, 298

Elliot, Jim, 64–65

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 67–73, 82, 97, 101, 104, 241

evangelicals:

anti-Islam views of, see Islam

changing concepts of, 5–6, 17–22, 135

and Clinton, 139–44

and complementarianism, 167, 204, 292–93

conflicts within, 9, 51–52, 74, 149

conservative, 9, 10, 33, 51–52, 109, 117, 124, 139, 148, 199, 231, 257, 260–61, 293, 301

and consumer culture, 7–10, 12, 18, 48, 74, 81, 159–60, 166, 190–91, 214, 246, 294, 298–301

and cultural Christianity, 246, 298

“establishment,” 8, 10

fundamentalists rebranded as, 22–23

international reach of, 301–2

media supported by, 8, 12, 22, 29–30, 84, 86, 148

men’s movement in, 150–66, 172, 183, 197–99

militant masculinity embraced by, 3, 11, 12–13, 37, 49–50, 129–33, 149, 173–74, 193–94, 210–14, 218, 227–31, 294, 295, 304

networks of, 4, 9, 12, 29, 103, 134–35, 139, 166, 169, 199–201, 204, 280–83, 290–92, 294

and North, see North, Oliver

political force of, 12, 33, 35–37, 39–48, 51, 59, 72, 87, 88–89, 93, 102, 103–4, 106, 114–15, 117, 134–37, 140, 166, 208, 226, 298

pro-Israel sympathies, 219

and prosperity gospel, 125

and race, see race; racism

radicalization of, 204, 210–14, 218

and Reagan, 106–9, 112–17, 230, 258, 301

on “religious freedom,” 240, 268

and sex scandals, 126–28, 135, 276, 277–95, 303

and sexual purity movement, 166, 169–72, 209, 302–3

shared cultural identity of, 11–12, 22, 50, 72, 86, 87, 102, 109, 295, 298

and Silent Majority, 45, 51, 73

southern, 11, 28, 39–41, 44

theological illiteracy of, 6, 10, 109

Trump opposed by, 259–60, 264, 266, 268

Trump supported by, 1–4, 253–59, 261–63, 264, 266–71, 272, 275, 276

and War on Terror, 184–86

and warrior leader, see warrior leader

whites see white evangelicals

younger, 232, 236, 239, 240

Evans, Dale, 41

Evans, Mike, 220

Evans, Rachel Held, 9

Evans, Tony, Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper, 154, 157

Explo ’72, 47–48

Fairness Doctrine (FCC), 147–48

Falwell, Jerry, 78, 127, 156, 197

anti-Islam view of, 221–22, 225, 226

and culture of fear, 13, 97

death of, 256

“God is Pro-War,” 185

Listen, America!, 96–97, 111

and militancy, 49, 95–100, 129

and Moral Majority, 96, 98, 136, 207

and networks, 134, 135, 137, 201

and patriarchal authority, 97–98, 99

political activism of, 73, 98–100, 103, 106, 109–10, 111–12, 115, 118–19, 136, 137, 143–44, 253

and Religious Right, 88–89, 95, 96, 101, 103, 233

Falwell, Jerry Jr., 255, 256, 257, 258

Family (a.k.a. the Fellowship), 35, 192

Family Research Council, 134, 141, 144, 206, 230, 241, 276

family values:

and baby boom (1950s), 36

and cultural identity, 12, 296

and divorce, 2, 30, 82, 97, 104, 163

and dual-income households, 153–54

and evangelical politics, 12, 39, 86, 88–89, 93, 254, 275, 282

father’s authority in, 76, 88, 97, 154, 159, 169

and gender roles, 26–27, 67, 70, 73, 81–84, 163, 169, 277

and homeschooling, 76, 77–78, 188–92, 301, 303

international reach, 301–2

and the military, 129–33, 141, 212

in 1970s politics, 12, 33, 88–89, 100–102

nuclear family, 36

and race, 12, 38–39

Farrar, Steve, 162–63, 166, 181, 218, 303

Farris, Michael, 134, 188, 189, 191

fear:

culture of, 12–13, 97, 100, 140, 148, 196–97, 225, 248

evangelicals’ stoking of, 11–13, 35, 59, 132, 136, 138, 163, 219, 225–26, 229, 238, 248, 252, 253, 268, 297

Fellowship, The, 35, 192

Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 29, 156, 206

feminists:

and abortion, see abortion

and ERA, 67–73, 82, 97, 101

H. Clinton, 140, 147, 250, 251

strong masculinity vs., 13, 83, 108, 154, 263, 287

“traditional values” vs., 11, 36, 64, 67–73, 82, 101, 107, 146, 156, 179

and women’s rights, 67–78, 71, 82, 145

Ferrell, Will, 199

Field, Samantha, 303

Finn, Nathan, 293

First Baptist Church, Hammond, 52, 287, 288

First Baptist Dallas, 1, 37, 257–58

FitzGerald, Frances, 99, 156

Focus on the Family, 81, 85, 160, 293, 301–2

Alliance Defense Fund, 213

and anti-Islam views, 218, 223, 224, 226

and military, 129–31, 141, 212

and politics, 86, 101, 129, 134, 206–8

and Promise Keepers, 151, 157, 182

Ford, Christine Blasey, 276

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 212

Fox News, 6, 147–48, 214

freedom forums, 39–41

Friedan, Betty, 64, 72

Fuller, Charles, 95

Fuller Seminary, 29, 226

fundamentalists:

changes throughout history, 18–19, 20–23, 26, 27

masculinizing, 19, 20, 22

and modernists, 18–19, 107

and segregation, 38

and war, 49, 131–32

Gaines, Chip and Joanna, 300

Gaither Vocal Band, 295

gay marriage, 13, 109, 208, 240, 278

gay rights, opposition to, 4, 63, 101, 106, 139, 206, 253

gays in military, 141, 142

gender ideology:

and CBMW, 167–69, 298

and complementarianism, 167–69, 200, 202, 292–93

and evangelical political identity, 72–73, 86, 107–8, 236–37, 240, 251

male/female opposites, 65–66, 67, 69, 82–83, 164, 175

and marketplace, 9, 159–60, 190–91, 294, 299–300

and Title IX, 82

traditional roles, 4, 6, 9, 26–27, 36, 51, 63, 67, 73, 76, 81–84, 91, 142, 152, 169, 178, 280, 296, 298–99

transgender bathroom laws, 13, 71, 241

see also sex

Gerson, Michael, 260, 303

Gibson, Mel, 10, 174, 181, 182, 183, 196, 209, 210–11, 213, 270, 271

Gilder, George, 84, 182

Gilyard, Darrell, 290

Gingrich, Newt, 10

Glass, James, 213

Glover, Voyle, Fundamental Seduction, 287

GodMen revivals, 187, 188

God of Our Fathers (drama), 42

Golden Rule Christianity, 34

Goldwater, Barry, 40, 41, 42–44, 45, 54, 66–67, 96, 104, 271

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 132

Gorman, Marvin, 126, 128

Gospel Coalition, The, 7, 199, 200–201, 274, 281

Gothard, Bill, 13, 74–75, 76–78, 86, 88, 189, 200, 217, 282–83, 294

Graham, Billy, 25–28, 51, 69, 86, 90, 107, 207, 253

and Christian nationalism, 25, 27, 38

and civil rights, 37–38

and Eisenhower, 34–35

and evangelical media, 29, 30, 45, 47

and Goldwater, 44

and Johnson, 43–44

and new evangelicalism, 22–23, 74

and Nixon, 44, 45–47, 46, 48, 50

and nuclear threat, 112

and Truman, 33–34

and Vietnam, 33, 43, 46, 48–50

and Youth for Christ, 24, 25

Graham, Franklin, 13, 219, 238, 264, 300, 302

Grant, Robert, 128

Green Berets, The (film), 54–55, 55, 57

Grinalds, John S., 121, 131

Grudem, Wayne, 144, 167, 169, 202, 239–40, 252, 261, 264, 298

Gulf War, 141, 161

gun rights, 4, 90, 296–97, 300

Hagee, John, 224

Haggard, Ted, 208–10, 214, 218, 220, 278

Hahn, Jessica, 127–28

Hamblen, Stuart, 27–29, 30

Hargis, Billy James, 41, 42, 44, 90

Harris, Josh, 170–71, 201, 218, 280

I Kissed Dating Goodbye, 171, 198, 303

Hatfield, Mark, 51, 112

Hatmaker, Jen, 9

Hayford, Jack, 208

Health, Education, and Welfare Department, U.S., 97

Henley, Wallace, 47–48

Henry, Carl, 49

Herbster, Carl, 184

Hill, Anita, 145–46

Hill, E. V., 157

hippies, 47, 105, 120

Hitler, Adolf, 184, 262

Hobby Lobby, 299–301

Holton, Chuck, 216–18, 220, 303

home, see family values

homeschooling, 76, 77–78, 139, 171, 177, 188–92, 193, 301, 303

homosexuals, 13, 53, 63, 83, 97, 135, 151–52, 159, 202, 204

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 54

Howard, Doug, 224

Huckabee, Mike, 189, 251–52, 254, 260

Hussein, Saddam, 137–38, 184, 232

Hybels, Bill, 201, 226, 289

Hyles, Dave, 287

Hyles, Jack, 225, 287

How to Rear Children, 52–54

“I Love America” rallies, 96

immigrants:

from Europe, 16

intolerance toward, 4, 13, 39, 70

Trump’s attitude toward, 4–5, 260, 297, 303

imperialism, 16, 31, 56

Independent Fundamental Baptists, 290–91

“In God We Trust,” motto, 35

Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), 75, 77, 189, 282

Iran:

Iran-Contra hearings, 115–17, 116, 118, 119, 122–23, 132

Shah overthrown, 101

US hostages kidnapped in, 101, 106, 115, 228

war in, 227, 231

Iraq:

Kuwait invaded by, 137

US war in, 137–38, 184–85, 197, 208, 209, 216, 227, 231–32, 235

Ireland, Patricia, 150–51

Islam, perceived threat of, 4, 10, 13, 215, 218, 219–27, 228–30, 238–40, 248

“It Is No Secret” (song), 28

Jackson, Stonewall, 190

Jacobson, Don, 303

Jeffress, Robert, 1, 13–14, 37, 255, 257–58, 265

Jesus:

atonement of, 5, 27, 200, 204

as both tender and tough, 125, 152

masculinity of, 20, 23, 99, 161, 165, 181, 193–94, 294, 304

Oliver North compared to, 118

personal faith in, 5, 34, 85

salvation through, 19, 98

second coming of, 19, 20, 94

and Triune God, 298

as warrior, 3, 161, 194, 212, 217, 247, 248, 295

“Jesus and John Wayne” (song), 295

John Birch Society, 40, 66, 90, 93

Johnson, Lyndon B., 43–44, 51, 106

Jones, Bob III, 110

Jones, Mike, 278

Jones, Robert P., 268

Jung, Carl, 159

Kanakuk Kamps, 279

Kavanaugh, Brett, 276–77

Keller, Tim, 200, 274

Kennedy, D. James, 78, 103, 132, 134, 135, 137, 184

Kennedy, John F., 39–40, 41, 44, 54

Kennedy, Robert F., 120

Kent State shootings (1970), 105

King, Martin Luther Jr., 37, 38, 120

Klein, Linda Kay, 303

Knott, Walter/Knott’s Berry Farm, 43

Knox, John, 202, 270

Kovic, Ron, Born on the Fourth of July, 55–56

Kristofferson, Kris, 47

Ku Klux Klan, 90, 212

LaHaye, Beverly, 95, 175, 280

and The Act of Marriage, 90–93, 178

and Concerned Women for America, 93, 109, 151

and Religious Right, 88–89, 101, 103

The Spirit-Controlled Woman, 93

and strategic networks, 103, 134–35

LaHaye, Tim, 115, 137, 175, 224, 280

The Act of Marriage, 90–93, 178

and culture of fear, 13, 93–94

How to Be Happy Though Married, 89–90

influence of, 95, 106

Left Behind books, 89

and patriarchal authority, 91–92

and Religious Right, 88–89, 94–95, 101, 103

and strategic networks, 78, 95, 103, 134–35, 148

Lakoff, George, 86

Lamb, Scott, 269–71

Land, Richard, 86, 144, 169, 184–85, 236, 237

Landry, Tom, 103

Lane, David, 253

LaRoche, Adam, 296

law and order, 4, 54, 297

racial undertones of, 39, 44–45, 105, 107

leadership:

Christian/spiritual, 4, 107–8, 167, 168, 198, 227, 277, 292

female, 107–8, 167, 236

and Hitler, 262

in the home, 4, 50, 53, 80, 125, 130, 163, 167, 190, 277, 280, 292

male, 53, 83, 91, 92, 98, 102, 106, 108, 125, 130, 144, 163, 167–68, 277, 280

servant, 153–55, 162, 167, 169, 171, 200

strong style, 5, 13, 130, 137, 184, 211, 272, 289

and Trump, 251, 261, 262, 272

warrior, see warrior leader

white, 57

League of Nations, 138

Lee, Richard, 123

Lee, Robert E., 37, 42, 212

Lewinsky, Monica, 142–44

Lewis, C. S., 112, 183

Lewis, Sinclair, 21

Liberty University, 78, 118, 119, 223, 233, 255, 256, 257

Limbaugh, Rush, 147, 148, 301

Lincoln, Abraham, 42

Lindsey, Hal, 111, 138

Luce, Ron, 183

MacArthur, Douglas, 10, 34, 42, 53, 58, 176–77, 182, 270

MacArthur, John, 199, 201, 202, 274, 275

MacDonald, James, Act Like Men, 274–75

Mahaney, C. J., 201, 202, 274, 275, 279–82, 291, 292

Malcolm X, 234

manhood:

alpha male, 273, 274

and gun rights, 296–97

nature of, 125, 145, 149, 159–60, 164–65, 243, 273

and warrior leader, see warrior leader

Wayne as icon of, see Wayne, John

white, 258

see also masculinity

Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda, 135

Marsden, George, 23

Mars Hill Church, Seattle, 193, 197, 273

masculinity:

and authority, 76, 163, 272, 287

books on, 124–25, 151–52, 159–66, 167–68, 173–74, 176–79, 181–83, 192, 217

changing ideas of, 15–25, 27, 59, 149, 150, 153, 296–98, 304

Christian, 10–11, 15, 17–18, 95, 149, 214, 240, 246, 294, 304

and complementarianism, 167–69, 292–93

“crisis” in, 52, 174

cultural differences in, 301–2

and heroes, 174, 199, 243–44

male bonding, 151–59

male supremacy, 154–55, 277

militant, see militant masculinity

models of, 64, 67, 164–66, 172, 174–75

in national politics, 16–17, 37, 102

New Calvinist doctrine, 199–200, 203

rugged icons of, 10–11, 28, 37, 52, 56–59, 89, 110

and social class, 162

and sports metaphors, 155–57

strength and power in, 13, 59, 95, 111, 263, 287

testosterone-driven, 13, 176, 187, 260, 268, 272, 277

unbalanced, 161

violent, 16, 20, 54, 56, 58, 59, 100, 111, 179, 302

of warrior leader, see warrior leader

white, 39, 56–57

McCain, John, 217, 233, 236, 237, 251

McCartney, Bill, 150, 151, 152, 155, 157

McDougall, John, Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger, 247

McDowell, Josh, Why Wait? What You Need to Know about the Teen Sexuality Crisis, 170

McGovern, George, 46–47, 51, 139

McIntire, Carl, 21, 49

McLaren, Brian, 226

media:

Christian marketplace, 7–8, 12, 18, 29–30, 81, 159–60, 214–15, 299–301

Christian media, 7, 8, 12, 22, 29–30, 48, 63–64, 84, 126, 218, 220, 246, 294

and Cold War propaganda, 35

conservative views spread by, 7–9, 81, 83, 96, 114–15, 130, 148, 150, 158–59, 198, 201–2, 204, 211, 245–46

corruptive influence of, 93–94, 125–26

Fairness Doctrine in, 147–48

and fund-raising, 127

and men’s movement, 158–66, 246–48

and military books, 214–18

and political strategies, 47–48

televangelist scandals, 126–28, 135

and Vietnam War, 54–56, 94, 121, 216

megachurch model, 201, 208, 226, 258, 289

Mencken, H. L., 21

Metaxas, Eric, 242–44, 243, 262–63, 264

Meyer, Joyce, 7

Midnight Cowboy (film), 58

militant masculinity:

and child-rearing, 53–54

Christian, 10–11, 17–18, 32, 214–15, 217, 241–42, 246–47, 294

and complementarianism, 167–68

and conservatism, 54, 56, 132–33, 203

and Driscoll, 193–94, 214, 273–74, 287, 294

evangelicals’ embrace of, 3, 11, 12–13, 37, 49–50, 131–32, 149, 173–74, 188, 193–94, 210–14, 218, 227–31, 294, 295, 304

and Falwell, 49, 95, 96–98, 100

networks of, 4, 12, 147–48, 166–69, 199–200, 204, 273–74, 280–83, 290–92, 294

and patriarchy, 37, 167, 302

in Promise Keepers, 155–57

and Trump, 253, 263, 268–71, 301

and Vietnam, see Vietnam War

and warrior myth, 12, 32, 164–65, 212

and World War I, 19–20

see also masculinity

military:

brutality of, 49, 211

chain of command in, 76, 116–17, 209, 272

civilian control of, 248

and Cold War, 27, 36, 37, 55, 132

evangelical infiltration of, 212–14, 218, 303

and family values, 129–33, 141, 212

as force for good, 11, 32, 48

gays in, 141, 142

immorality in, 24–25

as mission field, 25, 197

peacekeeping forces vs., 142, 230

revitalizing, 97, 111, 129

sex scandals in, 142

and Vietnam War, 48–52, 54–56, 88, 129; see also Vietnam War

and women, 70, 99, 141, 142, 168, 197, 214, 230, 231, 241

and World War II, 24–25

Miller, Marion, 40

Mitchell, George, 123

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), 187–88

modernists, 18–19, 107

Mohler, Al, 109, 144, 169, 197, 201, 226, 281, 292

Moore, Beth, 265

Moore, Roy, 206, 275–76

Moore, Russell, 252–53, 254, 259–60, 265, 268, 276, 292

Moral Majority, 3, 96, 98, 136, 151, 189, 207, 266, 275

Morgan, Marabel, 73, 74, 83, 178, 280

The Total Woman, 60–64, 61, 65, 91

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPA), 54

Mouw, Rich, 226

Mulder, Mark, 175–76

Murrow, David, Why Men Hate Going to Church, 182–83

Nance, Penny, 257

Nassar, Larry, 291

National Association of Evangelicals (NAE):

and civil rights, 38

and family values, 129

formation of, 21–22

and four evangelical distinctives, 5–6

influence of, 22, 114–15, 208

and militarism, 36

and Reagan, 112–13, 114–15

and SBC, 107

and sex scandals, 278

“Statement of Conscience,” 148–49

and strategic networks, 29, 114, 139, 226

National Organization for Women, 150

National Prayer Breakfast, 35, 192, 242

National Rifle Association, 296

Navigators, 25, 131, 206

Nazarene Bible College, 205

Neff, David, 226

New Calvinism, 199–201, 202, 203

New Life Church, 208–10, 212, 218, 278

Newman, Pete, 279

New Yorker, 99

Nicaragua, 101

Nicaraguan Contra War, 113–17, 228

Nixon, Richard M., 44–48, 46, 50, 51, 54, 82, 106

Norman, Larry, 47

North, Oliver, 10, 131, 134, 230, 235, 271

American Heroes, 215–16, 218

anti-Islam views of, 215, 218, 220

and Fox News, 214

fund-raising, 123–24, 135

as hero, 118–24, 128–29

and Iran-Contra, 115, 116–17, 116, 118, 122–23

Mission Compromised, 214–16

as NRA president, 296

and “Olliemania,” 118–19, 214

Under Fire, 123

and Vietnam War, 120–21, 129

nuclear threat, 43, 112–13

Obama, Barack, 233–42, 244, 248–49, 250, 253, 258, 263, 264, 276, 302

and Affordable Care Act, 240, 299

and birther movement, 238, 256

election of (2008), 13, 238, 239, 248

Obama, Michelle, 234

Ockenga, Harold John, 22, 24, 29, 36, 47

Officers’ Christian Fellowship, 25, 122, 131, 206

Old Fashioned Revival Hour (radio), 95

Oliver, Gary, Real Men Have Feelings Too, 152–53

Olsen, Ted, 201

Olson, Roger, 200

Operation Desert Storm, 137

O’Reilly, Bill, 147–48

Palin, Sarah, 183, 189, 236–37, 251

Parks, Rosa, 206

Passion [of the Christ], The (film), 7, 181, 182, 209, 210–11

Paterno, Joe, 279

patriarchy:

“biblical,” 203, 282–83, 293, 298

and complementarianism, 167–68, 200, 202, 204, 292

and cultural identity, 87

in the home, 12, 26–27, 37, 54, 76, 91, 125

masculine authority, 74, 76, 87, 88, 91, 94, 97–98, 109, 147, 155, 168, 190, 209, 244, 272, 283, 289, 290–91, 296, 298

patriarchal power, 200, 202, 204, 275

“soft,” 172

white, 12, 33, 37

Patrick, Darrin, 274, 275

patriotism, 20, 47, 52, 97, 190

Patterson, Paige, 108, 144, 169, 226, 257, 289–90

Patton, George S., 10, 119, 182, 270, 295

Paul, apostle, 17, 108, 155, 165

Payne, Leanne, Crisis in Masculinity, 159

Pence, Mike, 261–62

Pepperdine College, 39, 41

Perkins, John, 157

Perkins, Tony, 134, 208, 236, 252, 276

Perot, H. Ross, 139

Perry, Rick, 189

Peter, Saint, 161

Phillips, Doug, 78, 189–91, 192, 199, 270, 275, 283, 293, 294

Phillips, Holly, 154

Phillips, Howard, 78, 96, 134, 189

Phillips, Randy, 154

Phoenix Program, 228

Piper, John, 202, 218, 303

and complementarianism, 167, 169, 200, 292–93, 302

influence of, 7, 198, 199, 201

and political activism, 236, 241, 251, 265

and Reformed theology, 201

and scandals, 273–74, 281, 293, 294

and strategic networks, 169, 201, 203, 204, 273

Pledge of Allegiance, 35

populists, 18, 52

postmillennialism, 94

premillennialism, 94

Pressler, Paul, 108, 290

Price, John, America at the Crossroads, 111

Prohibition, end of (1933), 11

Promise Keepers, 7, 150–59, 155, 165, 166, 179, 182, 183–84, 195, 220, 279

Protestantism:

church-centered, 18

liberal, 18–20, 24

and Vietnam War, 50

PTL Club, The (TV), 126, 127

Putin, Vladimir, 302

Quakerism, 45

Quiverfull movement, 191, 220, 283

race:

civil rights movement, 11, 33, 36, 37–39, 70–71

and evangelicals, 38, 238

and family values, 12, 38–39

and forced busing, 39, 70, 71, 107

interracial dating, 90

and “segregation academies,” 39, 98, 107

“racial reconciliation,” 157–58

racism, 4–5, 51

coded language of, 39, 44–45, 70–71, 105, 107

and Obama, 233–34, 237–39, 248–49, 253

and violence, 44, 71, 107

and white identity, 6–7, 56–57, 267

Rader, Paul, 45

Ramsey, Dave, 9

Ray, Ronald D., 141

Reagan, Ronald, 104–16, 137, 166, 255, 271, 300

anticommunist views of, 40–41, 43

at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 132

and conservative evangelicals, 106–9, 112–17, 230, 258, 301

elected president, 105, 106, 109–11

and foreign policy, 110–13, 116, 135

reelection of, 135

and Republican Party, 104, 106

and sexual purity, 171–72

and Wayne, 104–5, 135

Reagan administration, and Iran-Contra, 113–17, 119, 122–23, 132

Red River (film), 31, 31, 32

Reed, Ralph, 124, 138, 143, 146, 149, 156, 264

Reformed theology, 201

religion:

“old-time,” 18, 21–22

in suburbia, 36

and war, 48–49

Religious Right, 38, 51, 66, 78, 258

architects of, 84, 88–89, 94–95, 101

and culture of fear, 140, 248, 253

declining numbers in, 236, 265

and Dobson, 84, 95, 101, 207, 233

and Falwell, 88–89, 95, 96, 101, 103, 233

Islamophobia of, 239

and LaHayes, 88–89, 94–95, 101, 103

and Moral Majority, 96, 265–66

networks of, 134–35, 139

and North, 117, 122, 128

and Promise Keepers, 151–52

and Reagan, 103–4, 106, 110, 112

and Republican Party, 95, 106

rising political power of, 51, 95, 106

and Schlafly, 70, 73, 88, 95, 101, 103, 146, 263

strategic networks of, 146, 189, 206, 209

waning political power of, 13, 135–36, 149, 232

Religious Roundtable (1980), 103

Republican Party:

evangelical support of, 6, 33, 34, 44, 48, 73, 103–6, 107, 109, 137, 139, 236

and homeschooling, 192

and Reagan, 104, 106

Rightward movement of, 95, 106

and states’ rights, 44

revivalism, 18, 25–26, 27, 151, 187, 200

Rice, John R., 44

Richardson, Cecil, 213

Robertson, Pat, 7, 78, 146, 148, 233

anti-Islam views of, 219, 225

and Christian Coalition, 138, 143, 207

and media, 125, 126–27, 224, 225

and networks, 103, 134

The New World Order, 138

and politics, 115, 136–37

Robertson family:

Duck Dynasty, 244–46, 271, 299

and Trump, 269

Robison, James, 29, 103, 106, 110, 137

Roe v. Wade, 68, 82, 101, 251

Rogers, Roy, 41

Roosevelt, Theodore, 10, 16–17, 20, 31, 40, 56, 174, 182, 183, 190, 230, 262

Rough Riders, 16

Roys, Julie, 265

Rubio, Marco, 252, 253, 254, 255, 259

Rumsfeld, Donald H., 227–28, 231

Rushdoony, Rousas John, 75–76, 78, 94, 134, 177, 189

Ryun, Jim, 192

Ryun, Ned, 192

St. James, Rebecca, Wait for Me, 175

Saleeb, Abdul, 10

Saleem, Kamal, 223–25, 230

same-sex marriage, 13, 109, 208, 240, 278

Sandinistas, 113–15, 228

Sands of Iwo Jima (film), 10, 32, 32, 55, 57

Sandusky, Jerry, 279

Savage, Andy, 288–89

Scalia, Antonin, 252

Schaap, Jack, 287–88

Schaeffer, Francis, 78

Schlafly, Phyllis, 66–73, 177

A Choice Not an Echo, 66–67

and Clintons, 141, 142–43, 148

death of, 263

and Eagle Forum, 93, 109

and ERA, 67–71, 72

and family values, 88, 101

and Hill, 145–46

“How to Take Back America,” 239

and networks, 103, 134

The Phyllis Schlafly Report, 67

The Power of the Christian Woman, 69–70

and Religious Right, 73, 88, 95, 101, 103, 146, 263

“Vision for America,” 70

and warrior culture, 180–81, 237

Schuller, Robert, 29, 201

Schwartz, Fred, 40

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 165

Scopes Monkey Trial (1925), 11

secular humanism, 13, 94

self-denial, 15, 17, 65

September 11 attacks (2001), 13, 179–81, 183

aftermath of, 187–88, 197, 204, 211, 214, 219–20, 223, 225, 227, 231, 234

and War on Terror, 180, 184–86, 214, 219, 226, 227, 228

servant leadership, 153–55, 162, 167, 169, 171, 200

Sessions, Jeff, 275

700 Club (TV), 125, 127

sex:

abstinence, 171–72

changing norms, 11, 13, 26, 68

education about, 90

female ideas of, 61, 68

male ideas of, 58, 178–79

marital sex guides, 90–92

and “new morality,” 90, 91

and patriarchal authority, 91, 92

and rape, 146

scandals among evangelists, 126–28, 135, 275–95, 303

scandals in the military, 142

and Song of Solomon, 194–95

see also gender ideology

sexual purity movement, 90, 166, 169–72, 175, 192, 209, 277, 279, 280, 283, 302–3

Sharlet, Jeff, 192, 209

Shoebat, Walid, 223, 224

Silent Majority, 45, 51, 66, 73

Sitler, Steven, 284–85

Skinner, Tom, 47

slavery, defense of, 39, 75, 202–3

Smith, James K. A., 175–76

Smith, Michael W., 185–86

Sojourners, 114, 226

South, US:

in Civil War, 75

evangelicals in, 11, 28, 39–41, 44

Lost Cause of, 37

male dominance in, 17, 71

Nixon’s southern strategy, 44, 106, 107

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 86, 107–9, 123, 144, 158, 268, 274

on abortion, 68

on biblical inerrancy, 108–9

and CBMW, 166–69

and Christian marketplace, 9, 211

conservative takeover of, 108–9, 117, 139, 168–69, 257, 289

sexual abuse in, 289–92

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 109, 226, 282, 289

Southern Seminary, 169, 201

Soviet Union:

as “evil empire,” 112

fall of, 138

Spanish-American War, 16

Spock, Benjamin, 79, 105, 270

Sproul, R. C., 10, 199, 201

Spurgeon, Charles, 190

Starnes, Todd, 10

Stetzer, Ed, 265

Stevenson, Adlai, 34

Stine, Brad, 187

Stinson, Randy, 169, 175

Studies in Faith and Freedom (documentary), 122

Sunday, Billy, 17–18, 19, 53, 155

Sun Myung Moon, 135

Supreme Court, U.S.:

and abortion, 82

appointments to, 3, 145–46, 251, 252, 267–68, 276–77

and civil rights, 37, 38

on same-sex marriage, 240

Swaggart, Jimmy, 126, 127, 135, 253

terrorism, see September 11 attacks

“There She Stands” (song), 186

Thomas, Clarence, 145, 146

Thomas Road Baptist Church, 95, 99, 156

Thune, John, 207

Thurmond, Strom, 41, 42

Together for the Gospel (T4G), 201, 274, 281, 293

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 112, 166

Torres-Manteufel, Lourdes, 283

Truman, Harry S., 25, 26, 33–34

Trump, Donald J., 251–71

anti-immigrant views of, 4–5, 260, 297, 303

draft deferment of, 270

election of, 4–5, 265–69, 303–4

loyal supporters of, 1–5, 253–59, 261–63, 265–71, 272, 275, 276

and militant masculinity, 253, 263, 268–71, 301

opposition to, 259–60, 264, 265, 266, 268

political rise of, 3–4, 13, 254, 256, 262

power displays by, 3, 257, 260–61

presidential campaign of, 8, 251–65

racism of, 4–5, 258, 260, 267

sexual indiscretions of, 2, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264–65, 268, 275, 276

on shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, 1, 257

“spiritual biography” of, 269–71

and “Trump effect,” 268

Unification Church, 135

United Nations, 13, 43, 138, 141, 142

United States:

as Christian nation, 11–12, 35, 38, 39, 271

as doomed to destruction, 94

as God’s chosen nation, 4, 303

historical development of, 11–14

imperialism in, 16, 31, 56

war for soul of, 139, 148–49, 166

United States Air Force Academy, 176, 205, 206, 208, 211, 212, 213–14, 225

United States Naval Academy, 120

values:

abandonment of, 3, 268, 277

family, see family values

Vander Plaats, Bob, 253

Victorian Era, 15, 17

“Vietnam syndrome,” 161

Vietnam War, 33, 36, 43, 104

aftermath of, 11, 88, 244

escalation of, 45, 46, 49

and evangelical identity, 50–51, 129–33

Gulf of Tonkin, 120

and male identity, 161, 162, 164

and media, 54–56, 94, 121, 216

My Lai massacre, 49, 57, 121

opposition to, 45, 46, 47, 48–52, 58, 80

Tet Offensive, 50, 120

as watershed, 50–52

Viguerie, Richard, 96, 124, 128, 134, 207

Vines, Jerry, 211, 221, 226, 290

Violence Against Women Act (1994), 146, 274

Vision Forum, 189–90, 192, 283

Walker, Edwin, 41, 42

Walker, Scott, 254

Wallace, George, 44

Wallace, William (fict.), 10, 174, 217, 271, 295, 301

Wallis, Jim, 9, 47, 114, 226

Walton, Rus, One Nation Under God, 131–32

war:

crusade theory of, 132

global free-fire zone, 228

just, 184, 248

and masculinity, 168–69, 194, 263

morality of, 48–49, 131, 230

perpetual, 231

preemptive, 131–33, 185, 220, 231, 240

sacrifice required by, 247

for the soul of the nation, 139, 148–49, 166

spiritual, 220

Ware, Bruce, 298

“War on Christmas,” 148

War on Terror, 180, 184–86, 211, 214, 219, 226, 227, 228

Warren, Rick, 226, 236

warrior leader, 211–12, 231, 232, 247–48, 249, 256–57

culture warrior, 78, 148, 163, 174, 180–81, 191–92, 197, 237, 245, 258, 276, 286

masculine, 12, 161, 164–66, 168, 173–74, 176, 183, 191, 217, 246, 271, 296

military, 165, 176, 209, 211–13, 216–17, 246, 248, 256–57, 299

spiritual/Christian, 3, 9, 14, 161, 165, 173, 176, 183, 185, 194, 209, 212, 246, 247, 248, 295

tender, 159, 162, 164–66, 172, 181

Washington, George, 244

Watchman, The (TV), 230

Watergate, 48, 102, 244, 287

Wayne, Aissa, 258, 259

Wayne, John, 30–32, 41, 43, 67

conservative activism of, 54–56

in cowboy films, 28, 31–32, 31, 32, 54–58, 135

death of, 104–5

as icon of Christian masculinity, 10–11, 15, 54, 59, 165–66, 243–44, 258–59, 263, 270, 295, 301

as model of American manhood, 10–11, 54–59, 105, 181, 215, 243–44, 258–59, 263, 270

“John Wayne syndrome,” 56

and memorabilia market, 10, 300

racism of, 56–57, 258

on sex, 58

traditional virtues scorned by, 11, 30–31, 58–59

Trump as reincarnation of, 271

Weber, Stu, 157, 216, 217, 218, 230, 247, 303

Tender Warrior, 162, 164–66, 182

Weida, Johnny A., 210, 211

Weinstein, Mikey, 210, 211

Welch, Bobby, You, the Warrior Leader, 211–12

Welch, Robert, 66

Wells, Bob, 42

Weyrich, Paul, 96, 134, 146

“What Would Jesus Do?” (WWJD), 3

Wheaton College, 29, 47, 75

Where’s Dad? (video), 81, 129, 130

White, Joe, 279

White, Reggie, 157

white evangelicals:

black Protestants’ views vs., 6–7, 301

identity of, 6–7, 11, 12, 296–97

and Obama, 234, 237–38, 240

and Trump, 1, 2, 259–63, 266–71, 272

Whitefield, George, 10

Whitehead, John W., 78

White House Conference on Families, 100–102

Wickham, John A. Jr., 129–31

Wight, Jamin, 285

Wilson, Douglas, 199, 202–4, 214, 270, 273, 280, 283–85, 294

Evangellyfish, 204, 284

Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants, 177–79, 183, 194, 202

Southern Slavery: As It Was, 202–3

Wilson, Nate, 204

Wolf, Frank, 129

Wolfowitz, Paul, 231

women:

abuse and harassment of, 144, 145, 146, 213–14, 231, 275–77, 278, 280, 282–84, 288–94

begging for men to lead, 125, 161

in church leadership, 108, 167, 168, 291

and complementarianism, 167–69, 292–93

conservative, 60–73, 74, 93, 109, 140, 265, 300

and domestic violence, 144–45, 146

education of, 16, 75

and ERA, 67–73, 82, 97, 101, 104, 241

feminist, see feminists

and military, 70, 99, 141, 142, 168, 197, 214, 230, 231, 241

protection of, 20, 27, 71, 83, 84, 277, 284, 294

and public office, 236–37, 251

rights of, 27, 67–68, 71, 82, 90, 250, 251

and SBC, 108–9, 144, 167–69, 289–92

and sexual purity, 170–72, 175, 209, 277, 280, 283, 302–3

of Silent Majority, 66, 73

“smokin’ hot wives,” 199

submissive, 12, 53, 61, 65, 76, 88, 167, 169, 178–79, 189, 190, 202, 209, 277–79, 282, 284, 287, 294, 298

subordination of, 12, 26, 88, 92, 108–9, 169, 283, 298

and Title IX, 82

traditional roles of, 9, 12, 17, 26–27, 64–66, 69, 73, 83, 301

Trump’s mistreatment of, 2, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264–65, 268, 275, 276

voting rights of, 182

working, 61, 82, 140, 153–54

women’s liberation, 64, 67–70, 108

Woodson, Jules, 288

World Conference on Women (1995), 146

World magazine, 273, 274

World Prayer Center, 209

World War I, 17–20, 24

postwar era, 21

World War II, 23–25, 32, 46

postwar years, 52, 74

Wright, Jeremiah, 234–35

Xtreme Ministries, 187, 188

“Yale Letter,” 226

Youth for Christ (YFC), 24, 25, 206

Zionism, 219

Zondervan publishers, 123